Sunday, September 18, 2005

CFP: Museums and the Web 2006

CFP: Museums and the Web 2006
March 22-25, 2006
Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA
Deadline: September 30, 2005
http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/

You are invited to participate in the Tenth Annual Museums and the Web Conference!

Themes for 2006 include:

Tenth Anniversary Retrospective
* Serious Analysis of any aspect of Museums and the Web over the past ten years

Social Issues and Impact
* Community Involvement
* Folksonomy
* Schools and Educational Programs
* Sustainability

Organizational Strategies
* Building and Managing Web Teams
* Multi-Institutional Ventures
* Publication or Content Creation Models
* Distributed Content, Gateways and Aggregators
* Change Enabled by the Web

Applications
* Wireless, Inside and Outside
* Visitor Support On-Site and On-Line
* Museum, Library and Archive Working Together

Museum Services on the Web, like:
* Webcasting
* Art and Exhibition Programs on the Web
* E-Commerce for Museums

Technical and Design Issues
* Standards, Architectures and Protocols
* Interface and Design Paradigms
* New Tools and Methods
* Managing Content and Metadata

Evaluation and User Studies
* Results
* Methods
* Impact Studies
* User Analysis and Audience Development

SESSION FORMATS
Different methods of presentation suit particular kinds of content. Museums and the Web includes formal Papers, Demonstrations, Workshops, Mini-Workshops, Professional Fora and other Interactions. Choose the right presentation format for your proposal. Even the best ideas can be rejected if proposed for an inappropriate venue.

See http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/sessions/index.html for details.

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Submit your proposal on-line at: http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/call.html

All proposals must cite relevant URLs, explain the thesis of the proposed paper in at least a paragraph, and include full contact details (with e-mail address) for all co-authors.

Please coordinate your proposals with your collaborators. Multiple proposals about the same project will not be accepted. Proposals for sessions should be submitted as individual papers with a covering note. Papers are reviewed individually.

DEADLINE: September 30, 2005.

See http://www.archimuse.com/conferences/mw.html for links to individual years and to a combined list of speakers.

MW2006 Conference Co-Chairs

NEED TO KNOW MORE?

For program details and registration information see http://www.archimuse.com/mw2006/
or email mw2006@archimuse.com.

We hope to see you in Albuquerque!

Jennifer and David

David Bearman & Jennifer Trant
Archives & Museum Informatics